The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-18
RECALLED BY A HANGMAN.
GEORGE MALIDON'S MEMORIES on
FIFTY TWO EXECUTIONS
Hanging Six Sion at One TIme-A stormy
Taking On-Norvy Men who Shed Tosrs-
Preparnttons-A Strange Interview.

TAKING OH-Ncrvy nheu VINO bnet aohfs-
| Preparntions-A Strange Interview.
| From the 6iobe. Democrat
FORT SMITH Ark, Sept. 1O.--There Is prob
ably but. ono man ln the world WHO has been
nnd tSaf is George ns &on
who has prepared tho ropes and attended to
Who Ray oG os shs
Meeting NJ Maiden recently. your y, s, GORE:
| to his experience In the hanging business.
THE first man l eyer had II anything to DO
S ws aus 49, s and By e @
was the iirst man ever hung IT Fort Smith By
being public. Chiiders had many friends ID
the Indian Territory and the report had re-
sna deputy sSnSa ss stationed
exssut sG Was that when Chllders was taken
from tho a to tbs ailppws the sun was shin tbs
aaoss wore Being held 0 storm
ofiehtnins ever saw rent The alT acoS en- r..
time the body was cut down tho storm had
s Spt, is fury and the sun was again shining
,,aBo y XIV keep record of these executions
q ana eoaa
give, you the number that have been hpng here
did not occasionally see It II Rri wth thu In.
dians that are hung, more than with whites o.
n''f AS a rule, Indians are less trouble thar
whites, and seldom give their Keepers any ana
noyance: They walk out to the galIhsGws T ms
Z. ayse ohn Bs any
that John Childers. was, displayed more feeling
blesome that 1t became necessary TO chain hiw
to post in a room over the Court House. He
would beg me to shoot him every time went
about him He died game, though, and was
defiant and etoical, Two other Indians were
hung at the same time that Billy irsome
and disagreeab!e duty to perform
certainly is not VERY tb 5ob but
down dow NJ inca and nd Know Just how to prepare
plete and successful job. or course. feel
sorry for my man who is SO unfortunate as 70
share Of
nyss3S| e hang maR that you thought
was guilty and deserved his punishment.
make any distinction between murderers" -.
da ous
at one time. and they WERE with one excep-
ton yq nas %SniMWWnSmii Moere.
htsS Shaker Mankes GhsFok ss and nS
a sS a and WIZ ssEsa t II hsa aastSiss
than sf,l he standing around looking on strik-
ing contrast to Moore. however. was Sam Fooy,
whose mother. wife and children we're ere. near a.. as
ceremonies on the galloXs he stood fac,
Rjs oys caught that t.; q some q =. friend.
thing. he glanced around and said In
pleasant tone of voice: ~ am as anxious
have hs thing @ hs ses
have been seven to hang this time but I'd But
s and Wss killed III
have been five hung ct one time on two differ-
ent occasions since this execution"
hanging oriminaisf' -
Rer and IN
Of little negro named James Diggs. who
turned his head Just az sprung the trap And
"Aii these condemned men arc uneducated.
being INDIANS End NEGROES: The incest %anf
murder Of f bS: Jones at Gaddo 6hoctaw Nation.
M u
fayors. and complained at nothing. on the
nervous than those who surrounded him. Bill
Elliott. known as Colorado Bill was hung
s M and eed lis
same thing, AS I was adjusting the, ropes Els
necks-don't punish u.s.
''Do they ever break down on the gallows r.
mover had to brace UP but ono or two. and that
was only for moment just before the trap
Isn + f ,b necessary sy, to give s light man
"a TH s'uny give them 1p,I six foot drop
lis sf @ aas S By s1's anu
49,. DO they all think they are going straight to
%aorty Of them get some sort Of
round. and say they are r ready, to Co. having no
fears Is to their future as they have made peace
the Golden Stairs as the, others"
these has
None worth mentioning On one occasiont
one zee Of them, VIM. Brown, tainted on the waS
but think this was caused moro by exposure
to the after long than By
the gallows. And. by the way. have seem
many committed to life imprisonment, who de-
served hanging worse than Brown did"
THE MATTER OF CONFESSION.
death, do they not?"
LAS general thing those convicted on cir.
where they make a clean breast SSi It, and
adopt the Catholic faith seldom, II ever, have
anything to say, either one way or the other.
but none OF them will admit that he deserveS
to be hung!"
DO they show much feeling on the scaffoldT
Some OF them cry and sob freely. but these
crying fellows stand rs firmly on the trap aa
any Of them, and are sometimes more nervY
than those who step forward with dry eyes"
How much propagation is required for the
execution OF four or fivep"
always prepare the ropes week or more
before tho day OF execution and stretch them
with dummies. adjusting the trap and letting
them fall through five or six times each day,
The condemned men always know when am
preparing for them. ~ they can easily hear the
noise made by dummies falling through They
frequently ask me how she works, &c., some-
times in SINCERE and sometimes In jocular
manner While only 80 have been hung, have
prepared ropes for nearly 100, many death sem
fences having been committed to life imprison-